Medium severity · published Mar 5, 2019
CVE-2018-19638
User can overwrite arbitrary log files in support tar
4.7
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In supportutils, before version 3.1-5.7.1 and if pacemaker is installed on the system, an unprivileged user could have overwritten arbitrary files in the directory that is used by supportutils to collect the log files.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 34% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SU
supportutils · SUSE
before 3.1-5.7.1 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19638
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-19638
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00018.html
bugzilla.suse.com
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1118460
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